Insurgents in Senate Win Narrow Control of Committees
The Senate organized for business and adopted committee lists amid insurgent protests led by LaFollette and Kenyon. The progressive Republicans claimed a quarter of seats, targeting the finance and Interstate Commerce panels, while Gallinger defended the distribution as fair with 114 insurgent placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swashington
Senate
LaFollette
Kenyon
Iowa
Republican Party
Finance Committee
Senator Bristow
Inter-State Commerce Commission
la Follette
inter-State Commerce Committee
New England
Gallinger
Committee On Committees
Shepard Norwell Employees Dance at Mutual Aid Party
The Shepard Norwell Mutual Aid Association held a whist party and dance last evening in Catholic Union Hall with over 300 couples dancing and whist in the halls below. The event honored organizers Miss Minnie L Sheehan Winifred A Stanford and Kathryn J Hincy with Bruce H Norwell as floor director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepard Norwell Mutual Aid Association
Catholic Union Hall
Minnie L. Sheehan
Winifred A. Stanford
Kathryn J. Hincy
Bruce H. Norwell
Gladys A. Appleton
Margaret A. Callon
Maek H. Gillespie
Theresa M. Kowalik
Alice J. Meagher
Mollie F. Mullin
Mollie J. O’brien
Deputy Fire Engineer Injured Responding to Call
Lawrence April 28. First Assistant Fire Engineer Edward F Toye was thrown from his wagon while responding to a fire in a flash box and is in critical condition at his home. There was some hope of recovery at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurt
Lawrence
Edward F. Toye
Democrats push reciprocity plan and annexation talk
Washington April 28 debate on the free list bill touched on annexation as a desired Democrat outcome and assailed the Post Office Department as a political machine. A new House member’s tariff remarks highlighted humor in congressional discussions alongside other topics.
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Washington
Post Office Department
House
Congress
Politicians Clash Over Canada Reciprocity and Tariffs
Mr Prince of Illinois argues reciprocity with Canada advances annexation under Taft's New York speech. He cites influx to the Northwest and party stance as proof. Rep Kent defends protective tariffs for infant industries while criticizing ongoing welfare of large interests. Rep Cullop accuses the Post Office of political manipulation, linking it to the federal deficit and campaign funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Prince
Ilinois
Taft
New York
Democratic Party
Canada
Prince
Democratic Farmers
Kent
California
Duncan McKinley
Cullop
Indiana
Hitchcock
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
Mr. Cullop
Post Office Department
Death of H. H. Swift Merchant Remembered
Humphrey Hathaway Swift a longtime merchant in Brazilian trade died in Cambridge yesterday. Born in New Bedford in 1819, he organized H. H. Swift & Company in Boston, later moved to New York, retired in 1890, and spent his final years with his daughter and son-in-law Professor Charles Burton Gulick in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey Hathaway Swift
Cambridge
New Bedford
H. H. Swift & Company
Boston
New York
Swift
Charles Burton Gulick
Playing with Fire Cost Life and Injuries
Two children suffered severe burns from playing with fire. Francis Boughan, four, died in Newton after flames engulfed him and his mother was burned while trying to extinguish the blaze. In the South End, four year old Emily Ryan was seriously burned after lighting her dress with matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Boughan
Newton
South End
Emily Ryan
Fire Fatality and Injuries From City Bonfire Accident
In Newton Adams street a boy and his mother were badly burned when a bundle of inflammable material caught fire as he carried it. The boy died hours after arrival at Newton Hospital while his mother, though burned, is expected to recover. In South End Emily Ryan was severely burned when her clothing ignited and fire was extinguished with a city hospital danger list pending.
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Boughan
Adams Street
Newton
Ellen Boughan
Emily Ryan
Mary Ryan
Dedham Street
James McCauley
Yeoman Street
Roxbury
Joseph Sheppo
Beach Street
West Roxbury
McCauley
Sheppa
Regent Street
Dorchester
Memorial highway proposed for Washington mother
A bill by Representative Jones of Virginia proposes a Mother Washington Memorial Highway from Washington via Mount Vernon to Fredericksburg. The measure allocates 100000 dollars for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Memorial Highway
George Washington
Jones
Virginia
Mount Vernon
Fredericksburg
Labor Opposes Taylor Plan Before House Committee
Organized labor attacked the Taylor scientific shop management system before the House labor committee. Samuel Gompers and James OConnell led opposition while Jam E. Emery and N. P. Alifas backed the plan. A resolution for a broad investigation was heard with continued testimony expected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organized Labor
Labor Committee of the House
Jam E. Emery
National Manufacturers’ Association
N. P. Alifas
Rock Island, Ill
Fires devastate towns in Maine amid rescue efforts
A sequence of Maine fires destroyed the Harrington Grange Hall Town Hall Baptist Church and seven homes on the Narra gaugus river side. Cherryfield and Columbia help arrived by river. Livermore Falls faced eight houses lost with 18 families displaced. Lewiston Farmington help assisted. One worker severely burned rescuing tools at a steam saw mill.
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Harrington
Grange
Baptist Church
Cherryfield
Columbia
Narragaugus River
Charles Leighton
William Dyer
Howard Small
Lewis Nash
Albert Nash
Moses Nash
Hillary Nash
Alvin Nash
Grange Hall
Town Hall
Livermore Falls
Green Street
Reynolds Street
Lewiston
Farmington
Charles King
Shawmut
Hume and
Newhall
Fairfield Village
Laurier Presses Reciprocity as Ottawa Stands Firm
In Parliament Sir Wilfrid Laurier declared Canada would not attend the imperial conference or King George V’s coronation in June. He would stay in Ottawa to push the reciprocity pact if the Conservative opposition continues to obstruct ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Wilfrid Laurier
England
Canada
George
Wilfrid
United States
Imperial Conference in Canada and United States car collision
The dialogue shows Sir Wilfrid Tauber favoring Canada and opposing reciprocity with the United States while Mr. Borden urges a temporary Parliament pause. Separately a semi convertible elevated car crashed into two teams wagons on Oakland street Dorchester injuring two men and killing a horse, with several passengers shaken but mostly unharmed.
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Elevated
Uipcarts
Oakland Street
Dorchester
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Shepard Norwell
Siacuuset
H. H. Swift
His
Mother Washington
Yours Truly
LABOR
Maine
Mr. Borden
Sir Wilfrid
London
Wilfrid Tauber
Harry T. Libby
Water Street
Henry G. Noble
Allston Street
Roslindale
I. 8. S. Ching
Montfort Street
Back Bay
Seymour H. Stone
Frederick G. Farwell
Washington Street
Sheppo
Lie Lae
Union
Hargedon & Lynch
Hanover
Globe
John T. Quality Sells
She Connor
Greater Boston
Faneuil Hall
Connor
Pua
Brookside Creamery
North
U. S
Anna Eames
Brookside
Southern
Chicago & North Western
Union Pacific
Salt Lake
Willard Massey
Mass
Telea
Fort Hill
B. DeFriest
G. E
Broadway
N. Y
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